IPADS FOR STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS Belinda Rudinger, MEd Sources for More Information • Visually Impaired and Blind iPhone/IPad Users Facebook Page • iPad Apps for Children with CVI Facebook Page • AppsGoneFree app • Apple VIs website • My R10 Website, iPad Links Section • iPad Academy website • ViA: App that allows you to search for apps pre‐approved by blind/VI users How Our Academic Students Use • Listening to books • Taking • • /Schedule • Listening to • Internet searches • Scanning documents • Classwork and homework assignments • Texting • Address Book How our MIVI Students use IPads: • As a communication device • Listening to music and stories • Learning cause & effect • Learning letter identification • Learning identification • Practicing hand‐eye coordination • Writing • Spelling • Math • Games How VI teachers are using IPads: • Assess print size • Demo applications • Keep notes • Calendar/Schedule • Email • Internet searches • Word processing & spreadsheets • Store manuals & reference materials • Keep organized • Take notes during FVE’s • Presentations Before we begin… • Making folders • Downloading new items • [email protected]/Region10 • Native applications • Screen Shots • Navigating • Double Click Home‐recent apps • Pinch return to home screen • 4 fingers right/left to switch apps • Changing Settings & Accessibility Features • Wifi • Bluetooth • Gestures • Custom Made • Zoom Voiceover • Triple‐Click Home setting • Sliding and tapping • Icon & Folder arrangement • Rotor‐3 finger pinch and twist • VO Starter App: teaches use of VoiceOver • on keyboard for iPad 3 & up Digital Audio Media Practical Apps Magnification Apps Reading & Writing Math/Science Accessories

APPS FOR ACADEMIC STUDENTS Digital Audio Media

• iBooks (try it!) • Reads any PDF using Voiceover • Many titles available for free in iBooks store • Project Gutenberg‐download in EPub format • Bookshare • Read to Go App $20 • Voice Dream Reader $10 (try it!) • Learning Ally • Learning Ally Audio $Free (try it!) Read 2 Go • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcQOmPDjw9g Digital Audio Media • Kindle  • Hallelujah! Kindle will now work with VoiceOver! • App does not allow for pinching to zoom, but allows you to increase font size, contrast, brightness, & font • Titles are purchased from Amazon.com’s Kindle Store • Kurzweil Firefly • Free if your district already has Kurzweil 3000 • Reads text aloud, correlates to Kurzweil 3000 features • BARD Mobile—Brand New! NLS access • Quizlet‐auditory flashcards (free account online syncs with free app) • Audible • Amazon subscription service with free app Practical Apps • Alarmed $free • Ariadne GPS $5.99 • Color ID Free, Color Test $free (try!) • Digit‐Eyes (barcodes) $19.99 • Light Detector $.99 • NowWhat? .99 • Awareness Headphone $6.99 • SayText $free (try it!) • Dolphin Browser alternative web browser, easier to use visually $free (try it!) Ariadne GPS • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQr9vsHxU6E Practical Apps • LookTel Money Reader $9.99 • oMoby‐ searches internet with camera picture $free • TapTapSee‐ ‘B/VI Camera’ $free (try it!) • Sendero GPS LookAround $4.99 • TextDetective‐scans text and V/O reads $9.99 • VizWiz‐take a picture, record question, receive answer $free (try it!) • VM Alert‐ detector $1.99 • VoCal‐allows you to set voice • iBlinkRadio‐blind/vi specific radio, , etc (try it!) • Chesswise‐works with VoiceOver! (try it!) Sendero LookAround GPS • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07V_JkleS1w LookTel Money Reader • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HMVXEZNeNM Text Detective • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsqgcN8NkOQ Magnification Apps • Easy Reader with LED $.99 • EyeSight by SightTech‐developed specifically for Low Vision, designed to replace handheld magnifiers $29.99 • iCanSee $free/.99 • Magnifier $free/.99 (try it!) • Claro Magx (try it!) • Magnifiying Glass with Light $free/.99 • Vision Assist‐designed for Low Vision, to use as a handheld magnifier $5.99 *does not play nice with VoiceOver* • ZoomReader, from the makers of ZoomText $19.99 ZoomReader • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GcOXfNnovY EyeSight by SightTech • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0T7fHXlYJY Writing & Note Taking • iA Writer‐, works well with Voiceover $.99 • Brevity‐word prediction $.99 • EverNote $free • BrailleTouch‐ app that allows Braille typing • Fleksy‐typing designed for VI $free/4.99 (try it!) • Nebulous Notes‐Text editor, syncs with Dropbox, Evernote $free/4.99 • Penultimate‐easy for beginner, use finger or stylus, syncs with Dropbox and Evernote $.99 • Notability‐keyboard or stylus, many variations/settings $1.99 • AudioNote‐control font size, text to speech, text highlighted while read (like a livescribe pen) $free/4.99 • Verbally $free (try it!) • Skitch $free (download & try it!) Penultimate & Evernote • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItRaJBmdOL0 Word Prediction • iReadWrite from TextHelp $19.99 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSloe7_‐EtE • Clicker Docs‐enlarge font to 70, text to speech • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KmTU1FPH tBI • Zen Tap Pro $2.99 • Great at prediction, adapts to student’s style • Many settings, can go up to 48 pt font • Doesn’t have text to speech • AppWriter US $19.99 • Has text to speech • Font for choices can’t be enlarged • OCR…but fairly limited in performance • Typ‐O‐HD $14.99 (free lite version) • Has text to speech • Choices font can’t be enlarged • Great reviews Dictation & Text to Speech • Voice Memos $.99 • Voice Brief‐reads email $free/3.99 • Voice Assistant‐dictation $1.99 • Vocalyze‐works well with V/O to read internet $7.99 • Speaktext‐speaks aloud webpages, documents $free/9.99 • Clarospeak‐text to speech $5.99 • Dragon Dictation, same company as Dragon Naturally Speaking $free (try it!) • HeyTell‐messaging app $free • List Recorder‐record and organize lists, works well with V/O and braille display $.99/7.99 Organization/Idea Mapping • Corkulous‐idea organization $free/4.99 • Mindomo‐mind mapping $free • Splashtop Whiteboard‐allows projection screen to be interactive whiteboard on iPad $19.99 • Doceri $free • Allows student to watch interactive whiteboard on iPad at desk Splashtop Workboard • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKNJwAL8cG8 Math/Science • Calc Pro HD $7.99 • QuickGraph $free • Talking Scientific $4.99 • Can be used exclusively with V/O • Can be used with refreshable braille displays • Can record your own voice for the buttons • Large, clear buttons with high contrast mode Options & Accessories • Refreshable braille: • Focus 40/14 Blue • APH Refreshabraille 18 • Brailliant • HIMS Edge 40 • & More!

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h21a264VsXE • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlXEoJaIyIs

• Variety of bluetooth keyboards How to Pair Accessories via Bluetooth • Bluetooth • SettingsBluetooth • Make sure it is toggled on (green) • Make sure your accessory/device is active (usually a sliding button/blinking blue light) • Under devices, click to pair chosen accessories • If asked for a code, try 0000!

• Braille Devices • The first time, it may not show under Bluetooth… • SettingsGeneralAccessibilityVoiceOverBrailleChoose a Braille DeviceClick Pair when you see yours listed • Code is 0000 for Freedom Scientific Focus 14/40, HIMS Braille Edge • Code is 1234 for APH Refreshabraille 18

• While you are here, take a look at all these other options without freaking out… • For example, the Refreshabraille 18 uses UEB, but you can change it under translation… How to USE your Braille Accessories • See Handouts: • General iOs commands • Device‐specific commands • Experiment with all those settings under Settings/General/Accessibility/VoiceOver/Braille  • REMEMBER: Not all apps play nice with VoiceOver & Braille Devices www.babieswithipads.com

CUTENESS BREAK: BABIES WITH IPADS CVI Apps Early Reading Sensory Apps Communication Apps Accessories APPS FOR LITTLE ONES & MIVI STUDENTS CVI Apps • LED Lightbox $1.99 • Turns into a lightbox • TapnSee Zoo $2.99 • Designed specifically for CVI • Can change color, sound, background, size • Heat Pad Lite $2.99 • Cause and effect—images are created when hands touch screen • Fireworks $Free • Fluidity $Free (try it!) • Similar to “swirly mats” • Cause and Effect Sensory Light Box $.99 • 21 different choices CVI Apps • Glow coloring $.99 • Laser Light Show $free • Peekaboo Lady Bird Touch $2.99 • Peekaboo barn $1.99 • Great colors for CVI • Catch the Cow $1.99 • Jitterbug • Cat in the Hat lite $free • Another Monster at the End of the Book • Cosmic Top $1.99 • GlowTunes $.99 Early Reading Apps • Dr. Seuss’s Hop on Pop $3.99 • Dr. Seuss’s Cat in the Hat lite • Mercer Mayer Little Critter Books $.99‐1.99 • Word Wizard $2.99 • Can change size of letters • Moveable alphabet, hear sounds, make words Fun, Sensory Apps • Bloom HD: music and bubbles $3.99 • Bubbles: Visual stimulation, tracking $.99 • Cause & Effect Sensory Sound Box $1.99 • Flow Free Bridges $.99 • Hatch $.99 • iLoveFireworks $free/.99 (try it!) • Kids Steering Wheels $free Fun, Sensory Apps • KneeBouncers $1.99 • Monkey Preschool Lunchbox $.99 • Phone for Kids $free • Shapeshifter HD $.99 • Shelby’s Quest $4.99 • SoundShaker $1.99 • Sparkabilities $4.99 • Sparkle Paint $free • Toca Kitchen Monsters $free • Tappy Tunes $free/$1.99 • Thumb Jam $8.99 A few more…then check the spreadsheet! • I Hear Ewe‐animal sounds $free (try it!) • Wheels on the Bus HD $2.99 • Glow Draw $free (try it!) • Bubble Snap $free (try it!) • Somantics (try it!) • Soundrop (try it!) • Music Sparkles (try it!) • Baby Finger (try it!) Communication Apps: Switch‐Enabled • SoundingBoard (free) (download & try it!) • Built‐in or customized boards • Can use your own photos, record your own voice • Great for CVI, because you can tailor your pictures to their needs (black background, red/yellow, etc) • Go Talk Now ($79.99) • Can change font size • Import video, songs to go with buttons • Go Talk Now Pre (free ) • Tap Speak Sequence Plus ($49.99) • Includes Meyer/Johnson symbols • Can record phrases • Scene & Heard ($49.99) • Good for VI+Autism • Categories of scenes • Allows for recording voice to pair with images • Predictable ($159.99) • Text to speech • World prediction • Switch Accessible Communication Apps: NOT Switch‐Enabled • Proloquo2Go ($189.99) • Change font size • Touch Chat HD ($299.99) • Change font size, background colors • Very user‐friendly Communication Apps Auditory Scanning Large Print • Alexicom AAC • Predictable • iPhonic Light • Answers Yes/No • Locabulary Lite • NeoJulie • NeoPaul • NeoKate • Phrase Board • Read It • SpellNSay Lite • Talk Assist • Talking Text • Voice Generator Accessories • iAdapter from Ablenet—turns IPad into a • communication device

• Loc‐Line Mounting Device‐good for CVI, • field loss, physical disabilities

• Soundpod (FRC Custom Solutions) communication • device, comes with lanyard/shoulder strap

• Bluetooth Microphone‐Ablenet mini microphone $9.99 Accessories • Key guards from laseredpics.com $19.99 • Key guards from Logan Technologies • Blue tooth switches • Blue2Bluetooth switch, Ablenet • The Applicator, www.inclusive.com • iPad Cordless Switch Interface, enabling devices • Bluetooth Cordless Super Switch (RJ Cooper) • Switch Interface (RJ Cooper) • Attainment App $4.99—use iPad as a switch with some applications (download app, then software on pc or mac) Not all switches work with all apps… • www.spectronicsinoz.com/article/iphoneipad‐apps‐for‐aac • www.janefarrall.com/html/resources/switch%20accessible%20apps% 20for • Lists switch accessible apps APPS FOR TEACHERS Creating Content for your Students • Book Creator $4.99 • Allows you to make books by importing sound, pictures, etc • Can create ‘hot spots’—places with sound, in the • Put 2 game controllers (from amazon, $9 each)—suction on top of arrows on left and right to left to read pages back and forth • Bump‐ons from laser pics—to remind to hear sounds

• http://vimeo.com/bookcreator/bookcreator Creating Content • OverLay‐use with PIAF to create interactive overlays $8.99 • Educreations $free (try it!) • Little Story Maker $free (try it!) • Creative Book Builder $3.99 • Pictello $18.99 http://www.assistiveware.com/introduction‐pictello “Emulators” • Cloud On $free • View and edit documents, spreadsheets, sync to Dropbox • OnLive Desktop $free (try it!) • Cloud based use of Microsoft Office—works great as long as you have wifi • Quick Office Pro $19.99 • Full use of Microsoft Office, including attachments Note‐Taking & Text‐Editing • Adobe Reader $free • I Annotate PDF $9.99 • MyScript Memo $free • PaperPort Notes $free (try it!) • Penultimate $.99 • Plaintext $free/1.99 • WritePad $9.99 • SpringPad $free (my favorite!!) WritePad

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u‐LO‐Bs9rF8 Scanning and Optical Character Recognition • JotNot Scanner Pro free/$.99 • TurboScan $1.99 • TextGrabber +Translator (by Abbyy) $4.99 General Productivity • Dropbox $free • Google $free • Keynote $9.99 • Pages $9.99 • $9.99 • PaperPort Anywhere $free • Side by Side $free (try it!) • Super Duper Data Tracker $1.99 • $free Styluses • ValuePen • $16 from Amazon—better stylus • Cosmonaut • $ better stylus Best iPad use of all: Teacher Stress Relief!

• TheShredder • iCounselor Apps • Anxiety • Anger YOUR TURN! • Practice in Groups: . Rearranging apps & folders . Settings & Accessibility . VoiceOver . Set triple‐click‐home . Practice gestures . Try it with different apps . Experiment with Zoom gestures . Explore the apps in the VI Workshop folder . Review these resources: . Visually Impaired and Blind iPad Users Facebook page . iPad Apps for Children with CVI . AppleVis Website . iPad Academy Website . APH Refreshabraille‐one turn per table